Anti Ragging Measures

Mandatory reading material for all students of BCET Samba

The legal definition of ragging is as follows:
'Ragging' means the doing of any act which causes, or is likely to cause any physical, psychological or physiological harm of apprehension or shame or embarrassment to a student, and includes

(a) teasing or abusing of playing Practical joke on, or causing hurt to any student.
(b) asking any student to do any act, or perform any thing, which he/she would not, in the ordinary course, be willing to do or perform.

Following types of abuses and activities will be termed as ragging:

Physical abuse, for example, forcing to eat, drink or smoke, forcing to dress or undress

Verbal abuse, for example swear words and phrases, direct or indirect derogatory references to the person's appearance, attire, religion, caste, family or chosen field of study.

Particular forms of interaction in which a senior or set of seniors manipulates the conversation so as to humiliate the first year student or make him/her feel stupid or insecure or generally threatened.

Observation and Directives of the Supreme Court:

The Supreme Court of India has observed that enrolment in academic pursuits or a campus life should not immunize any adult citizen from the penal provisions of the laws of the land.

According to the directions of the Supreme Court if any instance of ragging is brought to the notice of the administration or the faculty, it is legally binding on us to report the matter to the Local Police.